Bridlington RNLI lifeboat station welcomes anniversary scroll

On Saturday 1 June the volunteers of Bridlington RNLI welcomed the RNLI’s ‘Connecting our Communities’ relay event marking the charity’s 200th anniversary in 2024.

The scroll was welcomed not only by the volunteer crew, but also many locals of the town as well as numerous visitors. The scroll, which contains the RNLI pledge, is touring the UK and Ireland and is currently passing through the East Coast region. The scroll was greeted to the town by a lone piper from the East Yorkshire Pipe Band as well as our volunteer RNLI Helm, Jason Stephenson, who acted as a standard bearer. They were closely followed by the volunteers from Bridlington RNLI, walking from the harbour to Bridlington RNLI lifeboat station where it was further received by members of the Harbourside Harmony Choir.

Once at the lifeboat station, the scroll was signed by representatives of Bridlington Lifeboat volunteers. The signatories were Steve Emmerson (Operations), Ash Traves (Water Safety), Richard Dunk (Management), Jo Cook (Retail) and Joy Marrison (Fundraising).

Bridlington RNLI Lifeboat Operations Manager, Steve Clarke said ‘It was both a great honour and pleasure to receive the Scroll at Bridlington Lifeboat Station today. Bridlington RNLI Lifeboats have been saving lives at sea for over two centuries and we have had several boathouses over the years in Bridlington, until we settled at our current location in 2017.

There have been many changes over the 200 years, as we keep pace with innovation and technology. However, the core values we embrace as volunteers remains the same; as is our commitment to save lives at sea. I am very proud to be part of the RNLI volunteer crew at Bridlington as we connect our communities and celebrate the bicentenary as an organisation.'

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